XP Command Prompt

Tonight I'm working on a little Java project for fun, and I decided to take a stab at it on my Windows XP box. I am using maven to build, and normally I use a lot of command prompt interaction for the build stuff when I'm on my Mac and it works great. On Windows, I hate the command prompt, so I was trying to do most everything through Eclipse plugins, but then I ran into this:

Error message: Missing:
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1) javax.transaction:jta:jar:1.0.1B

Try downloading the file manually from:
http://java.sun.com/products/jta

Then, install it using the command:
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=javax.transaction -DartifactId=jta -Dversion=1.0.1B -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

At this point, I knew it was going to be command prompt time. I had to download maven, set my windows path, and run the command. I must say, after a long time away from the Windows command prompt, using it really makes me want to stab my eyes out. Maybe I should just get rid of this box and stick to the Mac.